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4 Configuration and operation
ThefollowingparagraphsarecoveredinthisSection:
l Thebasicsettingsofthedevice,suchasthenetworksettingsorthedevice
ID,aredescribedinthesectionDeviceconfiguration.
l ThesectionConnectingslavedevicesexplainstheconfigurationprocess
whenmultipledevicesarebeingused.
l ConfiguringthevariousI/Omodulechannelsisdescribedindetailinthesec-
tiononConfiguringmodulechannels.
Settingsandoperatingstepswhicharethesameforalldevicesareavailableunder
Commondevicesettings.
l TheConfigurationviawebbrowsersectionexplainsthe(device)settings
thatyoucanapplyviaaninternetbrowser.
Thefollowingfunctionsareavailableonlyviathedevice'swebinterface:
Resettingtofactorysettingsandupdatingthedevice'sfirmware.Somebasic
settingsarealsopossible,forexampletotheEthernetinterfaceordevice-
clock.
l TheConfiguringsoftwarechannelssectiondescribesthevariouswaysin
whichtoperformcalculationsonmeasurementdataorbetweenchannels.
l ReadtheConfiguringinterfacessectiononhowtousethevariousinterfaces
forconnectingorexchangingdatawithexternaldevices.
l Devicesareequippedwithinternalmemoriestoenablemeasurementdatato
besaved.TheDevicememorySectionexplainshowthisstoragespacecan
beused,forexampleforpartitioningofdifferentchannelgroups.
l TheDatatransfertoUSBmemorystickSectionexplainshowtoexternally
backupinternallystoreddata.
SeealsoGettingStartedandSettingsforalldialogues.
4.1 Overview
SeealsoGettingStarted
Configurationofthemostimportantparameters,suchasnetworksettings,canbe
performedusingeithertheWebInterfacefromthedeviceortheDataServiceCon-
figuratorprogram.SettingsviatheWebinterfacearedescribedintheCon-
figurationviaWebbrowserSection.Theconfigurationofanysensorandactuator
connections,andthedefinitionofcalculation(softwarechannels)takesplacevia
theDataServiceConfiguratorandisexplainedinthefollowingsections.Adetailed
descriptionoftheprogramDataServiceConfiguratorisavailableinthemanualon
DataServiceConfigurator.
ClickingDataServiceConfiguratorstartstheDataServicebackgroundprogramand
establishesaconnectiontothedevices(thedefaultforthefirstinstallationis
describedintheGettingStartedsection).TheDataServiceConfiguratordialogueis
split,enablingadevicetobeselectedontheleftintheConnectionstaband
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